Search Results: keywords:"environmental resilience"

  • S. 513 — To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish and carry out a grant program to conserve, restore, and manage kelp forest ecosystems, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:1,358

    S. 513, titled the "Help Our Kelp Act of 2025," seeks to establish a grant program to support the conservation, restoration, and management of kelp forest ecosystems. The bill, introduced by Mr. Merkley along with three others, mandates the Secretary of Commerce to provide...

    Simple Explanation

    The "Help Our Kelp Act of 2025" wants to give money to people who help keep ocean forests made of kelp healthy, especially working with Indigenous groups, to make sure these important underwater plants grow strong and keep our oceans happy.

  • S. 4800 — To designate certain communities as resilient waterfront communities, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:3,684

    S. 4800, known as the "Waterfront Community Revitalization and Resiliency Act of 2024," aims to support certain communities in the United States by designating them as resilient waterfront communities. The bill outlines criteria for this designation and provides for the...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill wants to help towns by the water get stronger and be better places to live. It shares ideas, gives some money, and helps plan ways to make these towns nicer and safer.